§ 447.5. Hospital discharge plan
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and SafetyEffective: April 20, 2017
Effective: April 20, 2017
35 P.S. § 447.5
§ 447.5. Hospital discharge plan
(iii) Contact information for any health care, community resources, long-term care services and support services necessary to successfully carry out the patient's discharge plan and contact information for a hospital employee who can respond to questions about the discharge plan after the instruction provided pursuant to subsection (b).
(1) The hospital issuing the discharge plan shall provide lay caregivers with instructions in all after-care tasks described in the discharge plan. Training and instructions for lay caregivers may be conducted in person or through video technology at the discretion of the lay caregiver. Any training or instructions provided to a lay caregiver shall be provided in nontechnical language, to the extent possible.
(i) A live or recorded demonstration of the tasks performed by an individual designated by the hospital who is authorized to perform the task and is able to perform the demonstration in a culturally competent manner and in accordance with the hospital's requirements to provide language access services under Federal and State law.
Credits
2016, April 20, P.L. 152, No. 20, § 5, effective in 12 months [April 20, 2017].
35 P.S. § 447.5, PA ST 35 P.S. § 447.5
Current through 2023 Regular Session Act 32. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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